Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was discovered not guilty Thursday of killing Kate Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco in July 2015 in a case that triggered a heated nationwide argument over unlawful migration and so-called sanctuary cities, and U.S. migration authorities stated he will be deported.

Zarate was acquitted of 2nd and very first degree murder and uncontrolled murder. He likewise was discovered not guilty of attack with a semi-automatic weapon. He was condemned of having a gun by a felon. The jury had actually pondered for 6 days.

Steinle was strolling with her dad and a household pal in July 2015 when she was shot , collapsing into her daddy’s arms. Zarate had actually been launched from a San Francisco prison about 3 months prior to the shooting, in spite of a demand by federal migration authorities to apprehend him for deportation.

San Francisco is a sanctuary city, with regional police authorities disallowed from working together with federal migration authorities. President Trump has actually threatened to keep federal financing to cities with comparable migration policies, however a federal judge in California completely obstructed his executive order recently.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed late Thursday: “Following the conclusion of this case, ICE will work to take custody of Mr. Garcia Zarate and eventually eliminate him from the nation.”

ICE Deputy Director Tom Homan included, “San Francisco’s policy of choosing not to honor ICE detainers is an outright danger to public security and weakens the guideline of law. This catastrophe might have been avoided if San Francisco had actually turned the alien over to ICE, as we asked for, rather of launching him back onto the streets.”

In an action to the decision, Attorney General Jeff Sessions launched a declaration stating that regardless of California’s effort at a murder conviction, Zarate had the ability to win just a gun ownership conviction due to the fact that he was not turned over by San Francisco to ICE.

“When jurisdictions decide to return criminal aliens to the streets instead of turning them over to federal migration authorities, they put the general public’s security at danger,” the declaration stated. “San Francisco’s choice to safeguard criminal aliens caused the heartbreaking and avoidable death of Kate Steinle.”

Upon leaving the courtroom, agents from both sides spoke with press reporters. Defense Lawyer Matt Gonzalez provided his acknowledgements to the Steinle household and stated the result of the case did not make exactly what took place in 2015 any less awful.

Public Defender Jeff Adachi likewise launched a declaration stating Zarate was “very relieved” by the result which while Steinle’s death “was a terrible disaster,” it was utilized as “political fodder for then prospect Donald Trump’s anti-immigration program.”

Adachi included, “Despite the unjustly politicized environment surrounding this case, jurors concentrated on the proof, which was persuading and clear, and rendered a simply decision.”

A representative for the district lawyer’s workplace stated the decision was not the one district attorneys were looking for however at the end of the day, the jury eventually decides. District attorneys likewise stated the Steinle household was “unbelievable” which their hearts headed out to them.

While Zarate’s migration status brought the case into the nationwide spotlight, jurors did not hear proof about that, and it was not a consider the trial.

After 12 days of testament, lots of witnesses and 2 days of closing arguments, the jury needed to choose whether Steinle’s death was the outcome of an act of murder or an awful mishap.

Reporters in the space stated the jurors looked really mournful as they got in. When the judge was handed the decision, the courtroom was entirely quiet. Throughout the reading of the innocent decision of uncontrolled murder, the defense group nodded in approval however didn’t reveal any feeling. Zarate sat stoically in his seat.

Earlier in the day, the bailiff and notary were seen getting in the jury space with a little yellow proof bag prior to pulling away with it a couple of minutes later on.

A source inside the courtroom verified that the jury asked to see the weapon utilized to shoot Steinle. Zarate and his defense group kept the argument that the suspect discovered the taken weapon on the pier that day and it “simply fired.”

The weapon came from a federal Bureau of Land Management ranger and was taken from his parked cars and truck a week previously.

The bullet ricocheted on the pier’s concrete sidewalk prior to it struck Steinle, eliminating her. Zarate has actually confessed to shooting Steinle, however states it was a mishap.

However, the prosecution painted a really various photo, informing jurors that Zarate intentionally shot the weapon to Steinle while “playing his own secret variation of Russian live roulette.”

Following Steinle’s death, Congress acted to pass brand-new legislation called Kate’s Law . The law– gone by your house of Representatives in June– increases the charges for deported aliens who attempt to go back to the United States and are captured.

Fox News’ Claudia Cowan and Jennifer Girdon in San Francisco and The Associated Press added to this report.